Social Service Summit

NCSS launched the Social Service Sector Strategic Thrusts (4ST) in 2017, a 5-year roadmap developed for the sector to remain relevant and responsive to the changing social needs of the population. The 4ST unites the sector to work towards a collective vision where every person is empowered to live with dignity in a caring and inclusive society.

At this year’s summit, NCSS will continue on the 4ST journey to share progress and opportunities for growth. We will also explore deeper, a key outcome of the 4ST roadmap: Money, time and opportunities are given more and meaningfully by People, Public and Private (3P) sectors. NCSS will be convening a Funders’ Roundtable discussion to stimulate thoughts and ideas that would enable sustainable and impactful funding in the social service sector.

This is timely and critical, as one of the key recurring challenges identified by social service organisations is the difficulty in finding sustainable ways to fund their programmes and operations. Coupled with changing and growing needs, it is vital for the 3P partners to work together more closely to ensure that social service organisations are better resourced to continue the good work.

We will collaboratively address the complex funding challenges ahead of us. Key questions that would be deliberated include: What are the challenges in obtaining future funding? How do we coordinate better to optimise resources as a sector? What are the new ideas and collaborative approaches to address the funding challenges faced by the sector?

Join us in the conversation to explore innovative funding approaches and ways we can work towards achieving our collective 4ST vision. As reading material ahead of the summit, we will be uploading an appendix of some local and global practices. We look forward to embark on this journey with everyone in co-creating new possibilities for the future.